FCC Equipment Authorization System (EAS)
Public recordsUSopendata.fcc.gov
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology's Equipment Authorization System reference registers, published as open data: the 50,153 registered grantee codes behind every FCC ID, the accredited and listed RF test firms, the Telecommunications Certification Bodies that issue Grants of Certification, their designating authorities and the test firm accrediting bodies.
Capabilities (17)
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/accredited-test-firm1 creditReturns the single accredited test firm row carrying one FCC designation number, with its accrediting body, MRA, expiry date and contact details.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/accredited-test-firms1 creditReturns all 591 test firms accredited to measure devices under Parts 15 and 18, each with firm name, location, accrediting body, MRA, designation number, accreditation expiry, contact, full address, phone, fax, email and whether they test on a contract basis.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/accredited-test-firms-search1 creditRuns Socrata full-text search across every column of the accredited test firm register and returns up to 200 matching labs.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/certification-bodies1 creditReturns all 309 rows of the TCB register - the bodies authorised to issue FCC Grants of Certification - with TCB name, TCB login id, approved scope code, address, city, state, country, zip and contact details; one row per approved scope.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/certification-bodies-search1 creditRuns Socrata full-text search across every column of the TCB register and returns up to 200 matching scope rows.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/certification-body1 creditReturns every approved-scope row for one Telecommunications Certification Body, identified by its FCC TCB login id, with address and contact details repeated on each.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/dataset-catalog1 creditSearches the Socrata discovery catalogue for datasets published on opendata.fcc.gov and returns each one's four-by-four id, name, description, category, update time and download counts.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/dataset-metadata1 creditReturns the Socrata view metadata for one FCC dataset: title, full description, licence block, attribution, category, tags, every column with its field name and data type, and the timestamps for when the rows and the view were last updated.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/dataset-query1 creditRuns a full SoQL statement (SELECT / WHERE / GROUP BY / ORDER BY / LIMIT) against any dataset on opendata.fcc.gov and returns the result rows as JSON.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/grantee1 creditReturns the single register row for one grantee code: company name, mailing address, PO box, city, state, country, zip, contact name and registration date.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/grantees1 creditReturns pages of the FCC grantee register in grantee-code order: the 5-character grantee code that opens every FCC ID, plus the company name, mailing address, city, state, country, zip, contact name and the date the FCC received the registration.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/grantees-by-country1 creditAggregates the whole grantee register into one row per country with the number of registered grantees, largest first (United States 19,212; China 12,962; Taiwan 3,717).
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/grantees-registered-since1 creditReturns up to 200 grantee registrations the FCC received on or after a given date, newest first.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/grantees-search1 creditRuns Socrata full-text search across every column of the grantee register and returns up to 100 matching grantee rows.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/listed-test-firms1 creditReturns the register of firms that filed the measurement-facility information required by 47 CFR 2.948 for Part 15 and 18 certification testing, with contact, address, expiry and contract-availability fields.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/tcb-designating-authorities1 creditReturns all 16 designating authorities - the national bodies that designate, monitor, suspend or withdraw conformity assessment bodies under the APEC TEL and US/EC MRAs - with authority name, address, country, contact, phone, fax and email.
GET /v1/data/fccequipauth/test-firm-accrediting-bodies1 creditReturns all 30 Test Firm Accrediting Bodies - the organisations that judge a conformity assessment body's competence - with alias, full name, address, country, contact, phone, fax and email.
Licence
Each EAS dataset carries this licence block in its own Socrata metadata (https://opendata.fcc.gov/api/views/3b3k-34jp.json, and the same block on all six EAS views): "license" : { "name" : "Public Domain U.S. Government", "termsLink" : "https://www.usa.gov/government-works" }, with "licenseId" : "USGOV_WORKS". That terms link serves a meta-refresh to https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright, USAGov's "Learn about copyright and federal government materials", which was read on 2026-10-22 and states: "Government work is something created by a U.S. government officer or employee as part of their official duties." It places no restriction on commercial use or redistribution; the only limits it sets are: "You cannot use government materials in a way that implies endorsement by a government agency, official, or employee." and "You also cannot use federal government trademarks or federal government agency logos without permission." The datasets add an FCC disclaimer in their own description: "This list is provided as a public service. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SELECT A FIRM THAT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING YOUR SPECIFIC DEVICE. The FCC takes no responsibility regarding the capability of these firms for performing the required measurements. Accordingly, firms on this list should not advertise or otherwise imply FCC approval of their site."
https://www.usa.gov/government-worksAttribution
Display this wherever you show the data. It arrives on every response as provenance.attribution_text.
Source: FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, Equipment Authorization System, via opendata.fcc.gov (public domain U.S. Government work; not an FCC endorsement)
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